Baltimore City Police Officer, Teen Wife Charged With Prostitution in Linthicum

Maryland State Police arrested a Baltimore City police officer Thursday night on charges of prostitution, based on an investigation by state and federal authorities that he was trafficking his 19-year-old wife through an online escort service.

Police charged Lamin Manneh, 31, of Baltimore, with human trafficking and prostitution. Police charged his wife, Marissa Braun, 19, with prostitution.

According to a statement from MSP, members of the Child Recovery Unit and FBI's Child Exploitation Task Force arranged to meet with a young female at a Linthicum hotel through an escort website.

Authorities identified the woman, and discovered that she was working with Manneh, who was sitting inside a vehicle in the hotel parking lot. Police arrested Manneh, and through questioning determined he was an active member of the Baltimore City Police Department.

Manneh will be suspended without pay and is subject to an internal investigation by Baltimore City police, according to the MSP statement.